OS Diary Archive July 06

AussieLass

Good morning evTheryone,

Hope you all had a good sleep last night. I've just had my night time shower :rolleyes: the joys of time differences.;) Put some pork in the SC tonight for tea. It's come up lovely. Got a lemon delicious in the oven & will do the roast veg soon. Can you tell I"m hungry atm The final of BB is on tonight. I haven't followed it all the time but I will flick on it from time to time tonight to see who wins.

Ruby Did you make the yoghurt yourself? I'm going to give it a try this week. Never made it before but thought I'd give it a go. How did u do it?

PP Those talks with DD keep going and going. Good luck.

Lisa My assets are Size 10 Witch

Pooky Hope the weather stays nice & you can have your mooch around town.

Cat Happy Vacuming We're sad aren't we.

Dobie I loved going to work too. My work mates were all so lovely. I really miss it.

Twink I think lists are a great idea. I use them all the time. The white board sounds excellent.

I better go & start the veggies. Have a nice day everyone. Byeeeeee
(((hugs))))

Ruby_Pudding

AussieLass wrote:

Ruby Did you make the yoghurt yourself? I'm going to give it a try this week. Never made it before but thought I'd give it a go. How did u do it?

Use UHT milk. You can use either full fat milk or semi or skimmed, it depends on your preference. The milk needs to be at around 100 degrees, you can buy a yoghurt thermometer but you can get by with sticking your finger in the milk, it should be on the hot side of warm, hard to describe but slightly uncomfortable I'd say. 2 mins on full in microwave is ideal

You need to keep the milk at this temperature for around 6 hours, the easiest way without a machine is in a vacuum flask, the sort with a wide mouth

All you needed is take 2 teaspoons of natural live yogurt, 2 teaspoons dried milk powder, mix it with the amount of milk that your flask or bowl will hold (I pint is a manageable amount) and put it in the flask for around 6 hours. When it comes out you can either chill it and serve as it is or strain it to get a yoghurt that is similar to greek yogurt, you need a sieve and a piece of muslin to line it. Keep a couple of tablespoons to make the next batch but use a new starter every 6 batches or so. I tend to freeze any live yoghurt I actually buy in ice cube trays and use a couple of cubes (defrosted) when needed.

I haven't bought yoghurt (except for the original starter pot) for 5/6 months now - it's too easy to make my own!

FunkyFairy

Moring all,

Busy day today i have to get ready for holiday tomorrow. I am taking the children camping to Hunstanton.

I also need to take back the pair of shoes i brought my DD and managed to get given 2 left feet .

Have a lovely day all and i will catch you laters

Bargain_Rzl

Morning everybody ... This is going to have to be quick cos I have sooooo much work to do ... Thanks for everybody's good wishes about the flat, and to those who have PM'd me, I am not ignoring you, I just haven't been in all weekend and now have 2 days' work to finish off in the next 7 hours :eek: ... Hugs to all ... PP, the car sounds great ... Vicky and Ajax, I'm sure you're now both off on honeymoon with new hubbies but hope your weddings went really well ... Must go ... hopefully will be back later ... Rzl :wave: xx

FunkyFairy

Forgot to say i managed to get DS a sonic screwdriver yesturday so the hunt is over:j

rchddap1

Feeling flumped today. Woke up a couple of times last night...probably due to bean's activities. All I want to do right now is go straight back to bed. Ain't going to happen though.

Made a jam roley poley last night and it was lovely. Had some left over pastry in the freezer so decided to use it up. Got snubbed by one of the teenagers though because she said when she tried to make one it was horrid....so she assumed that mine would be as well. Hrumph. A few days ago I also made a chocolate cake for OH and that got a thumbs up reception as well.

Tea tonight should be roast chicken....if its defrosted. If it hasn't then OH will end up improvising.

tru

Morning all

PP, what is biting you?

I'm supposed to be on my way to work but all I've done is eat breakfast and put the washing out. I'm sat here in my dressing gown, drinking hot choccy

Haven't planned much for today yet, bit of vacuuming later and clean out the animals. Miss troo has been grounded for last 3 days but I've just given her her freedom back so she's getting ready to go out. Mr and master troo are both out at work so I'll enjoy the peace and quiet, maybe watch a dvd when I get in from work. I have to take some photos of my new cards to list on ebid, that'll take about 5 minutes.

tootles_2

Morning all......(((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))) to those who need thm......

Brightish morning but a nice breeze coming in through the window, we did have a few spots of rain yesterday, but not that much.....

Bedrooms today, they did not get done last week, a) it was too hot and b) did really need doing...........

OH has shot off out somewhere, not sure what is going on locally but there is a lot noise re fire policae and ambulance...... we have all three stations close to us here and not far from a main route into the City, so get all the nee naws..............

Shopping tomorrow afternoon, unless I decide to go in the morning whilst OH cuts my friends grass..........I was in at the weekend getting bits for my friend, they had the extra strong cheese we have not been able to get so I bought two big lumps...........at least I did not buy 20 like I did when I saw the tins of tomatoes LOL!!!!!!!

Right off for my coffee and thence to work with the damp antistatic cloth and the hoover.......

AussieLass

Right veggies under control and dogs fed.

Ruby :rolleyes: what do you mean by *natural live yoghurt* please explain. Do you mean normal plain yoghurt without flavourings. I'm going shopping on Wed & I will get the ingredients. :j Welcome to OS btw.

Hello everyone else. :hello:

moggins

Morning all.

It's bright and sunny and cool here, I hope it stays that way. The house is lovely and tidy. I have a pile of jeans to go in the tumble dryer and 2 loads to go out on the lines. That's one advantage of a 110 foot garden, 2 washing lines

Hopefully DH will be home from work soon, he did a sleep in last night so I am hoping he won't be too tired (he doesn't sleep well in a strange bed) and he can look after DD for me while I pop into town, I have two cheques to bank and I really need a couple of pairs of trousers.

Frittata for tea as I have a pile of eggs to use up.